| Bridges Branch | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Crabtree Creek |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bridges Branch mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wake |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Raleigh |
| Length: | 1.26miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Crabtree Creek |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 0.59cuft/s at mouth with Crabtree Creek[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Bridges Branch and Pigeon House Branch |
| Source1 Location: | Raleigh, North Carolina near St. Augustines College |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 35.7875°N -78.6189°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 300feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Crabtree Creek |
| Mouth Location: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8036°N -78.6083°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 197feet |
| Progression: | Crabtree Creek → Neuse River → Pamlico Sound → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Neuse River |
| Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
| Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges: | George Pup William Drive, Glascock Street, Barksdale Drive |
Bridges Branch is a 1.26miles long tributary to Crabtree Creek in Wake County, North Carolina and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Bridges Branch is the smallest named tributary to Crabtree Creek and rises in eastern Raleigh, North Carolina near St. Augustines College then flows northeast through Lions Park to meet Crabtree Creek just downstream of Pigeon House Branch. About 4% of the watershed is forested with the rest being developed.
Bridges Branch drains of Raleigh Gneiss geology.[5] The watershed receives an average of 46.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 426.39.[2]